I’m lucky in that it feels like everyone I work with in the studio is a friend. But in the case of Daniel Bowen, we literally grew up together. Daniel is an accomplished band leader, composer, arranger, and executive and artistic director of a very impressive and important non-profit called Symphony 21, whose mission is… read more
Author: bren1548
rocking & swing
I haven’t posted here since December. Yikes! Well, thought I’d begin the catch up process with an explanation of what I did over the winter. While it was cold out (sorta mild actually), I was holed up in the studio with Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian of The Hooters. We worked in secret on the… read more
the christmas market
In the midst of holiday chaos, my band just snuck out a little Christmas EP. With a deadline looming that turns the EP into a pumpkin (or yule log?) on December 26th, we had to work fast and furiously (I mean merrily) to complete it. This afforded us no time to overthink or over-experiment in… read more
have you ever been…?
Jimi Hendrix is one of the biggest reasons I do what I do. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard him, and within seconds, I was enthralled (it was his version of “All Along the Watchtower”). A friend in middle school played guitar insanely well and was way into Jimi. He needed… read more